Podiatry Support Assistant - Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom - The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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We would like to offer an opportunity to start or progress your career in the NHS.

We would consider full time or part time hours for this post where you will be working for the Newcastle Hospitals Trust Podiatry department, supporting Podiatrists to manage the treatment of a range of disorders of the foot and ankle.

The department works across all of the Newcastle Hospitals sites, and community clinics.

We are looking for an enthusiastic assistant to support busy podiatry clinics at the Newcastle Diabetes Centre, nail surgery clinics, the Freeman vascular clinic and community clinics.

The assistant will help the Podiatrists, and the wider multi-disciplinary team to ensure clinics run safely and efficiently. Supporting patients through the clinics, helping by removing wound dressings, and plaster casts. Also assisting with booking appointments, ensuring stock and equipment are available and in good working order for each clinic.

The Podiatry Support Assistant role is varied depending on the needs of the service, and may occasionally require covering clinic reception and supporting the admin office with appointment bookings.

A range of IT skills and a willingness to learn new systems is essential to this role.

Interview Date 31/05/202
Full & Part Time Hours/Week

This role is key to the smooth running of the department as the support required to Podiatrists will vary depending on the changing needs of the service and individual patient needs.

Support and training will be provided to the successful applicant in order to become competent in various tasks.

For example - in nail surgery clinics you will be trained to act as the Podiatrist's assistant for the minor surgery session.

You will receive training to remove plaster casts for the role in the Diabetes Centre, and you will learn how to use toe pressure testing kit to check a patient's blood flow in the foot.

This role may also require you to occasionally assist the Podiatrist out on visits to patient's homes and residential/nursing care homes.

In community clinics you will work with a Podiatrist to treat patients who are brought to the clinic by the Patient Transport Service.

These patients are often elderly with poor mobility and require support into the clinics to keep them safe. Experience of working with elderly patients is therefore desirable.

Clear communication with a range of staff and patients is essential to arrange appointments and book patient transport. You will be required to liaise with several specialities in order to co
- ordinate patient care.

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with over 18,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.

Rated 'Outstanding' by the CQC for the second consecutive time in 2019, we have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country.

This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
- represented groups.

To ensure the safety of podiatry patients whilst on NHS premises for podiatry.
To give assistance to the patients, podiatrists and wider Diabetes Centre team, including Doctors, to allow the smooth and safe running of the department and clinical sessions.
Working with a team of podiatry staff supporting the provision of foot and wound care at the Diabetes Centre.
Provides assistance at podiatry transport clinics, ensuring the safety and security of the frail elderly people who attend.
Provides clinical assistance to the Podiatrists undertaking complex wound care.
Deal with telephone enquiries promptly.
To walk patients on and off ambulance and ensure their safety while on Trust premises.
To assist patients to and from the waiting area to the podiatry chair.
To assist patients with socks / tights and shoes, and leaving clinical area.
Communicate with patients regarding appointments at the request of podiatry staff.
To assist clinicians after treatments are completed with appointments, samples and correspondence.
To check patients identity as they arrive by ambulance and liaise with driver and clinician to identify the most efficient order in which patients are to be seen.
To book, and verify appointments.
To abide by Trust policies and procedures.
To be an effective part of the team contributing to the Department's objectives.
Post holder will be expected to contribute to the housekeeping and other duties as required, e.g. general tidiness, ensuring predetermined stock levels are met and Podiatry equipment is clean.

The assistant must be able to multi-task in a bu